Basketball goal and bracket



June 1954 B. BECK 2,682,403

BASKETBALL GOAL AND BRACKET Filed May 9, 1949 Jefzgt'ce $66k.

Patented June 29, 1954 UNITED STATES RATENT OFFICE BASKETBALL GOAL AND BRACKET Bernice Beck, Grays Lake, 111.

ApplicationMayS, 1949, Serial No. 92,101

I 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a ball game device, and

among its objects are to provide a loop from which may be suspended a net and provided with removable bracket members, whereby the device may be supportedon the surface of a wall, door or other upright support.

Another object is to provide a ball game device which may be sold in disassembled condition packed in a carton of minimum size to contain the device.

Another object is to provide a ball game device intended primarily for play by children and youths, although it maybe played'by adults.

Another object is to provide supporting brackets by which the device may be readily hung in place for use in playing the game and may be readily taken down and stored away when not in use.

With these and other objects and advantages in view this invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fully set forth and more particularly defined in the appendedclaims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing accompanying this specification in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of a ball game device embodying a simple form of the invention with the net omitted therefrom;

Fig. 2 isa side elevation of thecomplete device with the net partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawing, which is merely illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, the reference character 5 designates an open loop which may be constructed from a metal strip or a strip composed of other suitable material, and from the ends of said open loop extend two arms 6 that lie in the same plane as the loop and preferably are parallel with each other and terminate in oppositely directed terminal end portions I. As shown, the loop 5 is an open-ended loop and the gap between its ends is closed by a segmental strip 8 which overlaps the end portions of the open loop and is secured thereto by screws 9 and nuts I 0 or their equivalents. The open loop and segmental strip provide a closed loop.

Removably secured to the open loop 5 and to r the terminal ends I of the arms 6 are V-shaped bracket members H which, together with the arms 6, provide brackets to support the device upon an upright member such as a wall or a door of a garage.

Each bracket member comprises a strip I2 which extends at right angles to an associated arm 6 and a diagonally extending brace 13 which extends from the lower end of thestrip 12 to the open loop 5 and is bent upwardat its upper end as at I30. to lie against the outer face of the loop where it is remov'ably secured to the loop by the screw 9 and nut H) which also secure the segmental strip to the open loop as above described.

Adjacent its upper end each strip [2 is offset in a direction toward the loop as at 14 to receive a terminal end portion 1 of an arm 5, whereby the outer faces of the strip l2 and terminal end portion l of the arm may be flush. The strip l2 and the terminal end portion 1 are secured together as by a screw l5 and nut 16. The strip !2 projects above the offset portion l4 as at I! in the same plane as the main portion of the strip-and a short strip l8 may be welded or otherwise rigidly secured to the lower end of each bracket member so as to project down therefrom with its outer face flush with the main portion of the strip l2. Slots, preferably keyhole slots 59 are formed in the upper end portion ll of the strip l2 and in the strip [8, whereby the device may be hung upon headed stems such as nails or screws (not shown).

A not 2b preferably in the form of an inverted frustum of a cone open at its top and bottom is secured upon the closed loop and in use depends therefrom. In its present form the net is shown as formed with border meshes 2| through which the loop is threaded. However, the net may be secured to the closed loop by other well known means.

In the ball game device of the form in which the closed loop is threaded through the border meshes and with the bracket members I I and segmental strip 8 detached from the open loop, the net can be attached to the loop by slipping the border meshes one after the other upon one arm 6 and then around the open loop 5 to the other end thereof, after which the segmental strip 8 can be inserted through the unoccupied border meshes between the arms 6. The bracket members H are then secured to the loop and to the terminal end portions 7 of the arms 6 by the screws and nuts 9, lil, I5, [6, the segmental strip being secured in place as above described by the same screws and nuts 9 and it. The device is now in condition for use and may be hung upon properly spaced screws or nails or their equivalent as above described.

The device is intended primarily for children and youths in playing a game simulating basket 3 ball, and an uninfiated ball (not shown) accompanies the device and may be packed in the carton in which the device is shipped.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described or uses mentioned.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A support for a ball game device including a net, said support comprising an open ended loop for supporting the net composed of strip material having two parallel arms projecting outward from the open ended loop, a detachable segmental strip adapted for overlying and connecting the inner faces of the ends of the open ended loop and forming a closed loop, two V-sh'aped supporting bracket members, a diagonal brace of each bracket member being removably secured to the open ended loop by the means securing the loop to an end of the segmental strip, a vertical leg of each bracket member removably secured to the end of an arm, and said bracket members having keyhole slots therein to receive headed supporting stems.

2. A support for a ball game device including a net having border meshes, said support comprising an open loop composed of a strip of material terminating in two parallel arms projecting from the ends of the open loop and having oppositely directed terminal end portions, a segmental strip detachably secured to the loop, said segmental strip overlying and connecting the inner faces of the end portions of the loop and forming with said open loop a closed loop upon which the border meshes of the net are threaded, angularly shaped bracket members comprising a diagonal brace and a vertical leg, the diagonal brace of each bracket member removably secured to the open loop and to the free end of the segmental strip, and the vertical leg of each bracket member removably secured to said terminal end portions of the arms.

3. A support for a ball game device including a net having border meshes, said support comprising an open loop composed of a stripof material with two parallel arms projecting from the ends of the open loop and having oppositely directed terminal end portions, a segmental strip detachably secured to the loop, said segmental strip overlying and connecting the inner faces of the end portions of the loop contiguous to the parallel arms as they project from the loop and forming with said open loop a closed loop upon which the border meshes of the net are threaded, V- shaped bracket members, each bracket member having a diagonal brace extending to the loop, each of said diagonal means being removably secured to the loop by detachable means for securing the free ends of the segmental strip to the open loop completing the closed loop for the net, said bracket members having upright strips removably secured to the terminal end portions of the arms by other detachable means.

4. A ball game meshed net support comprising an open loop composed of a strip of material with two parallel arms projecting from the ends of the open loop and having oppositely directed terminal end portions, a segmental strip detachably secured to the loop, said segmental strip overlying and connecting the inner faces of the end por tions of the loop and forming with said open loop a closed loop for the meshed net, two angularly shaped bracket members, a diagonal brace of each bracket member being removably secured to the open loop by securing means for affixing the loop to an end of the segmental strip, and a vertical leg of each bracket member removably secured to said terminal end portion of each arm.

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